Guyana+-+Claudio+Rojas

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 * Introduction **

Guyana is located in South America. It's extension is of 214,969 sq km It is the eighty-fifth largest country in the world (not impressive). Guyana has a population of 741,908 people, which is around ten times smaller than Honduras.


 * Birth & Death Rate **

The birth rate in Guyana is 16.69 births/1,000 population. This places Guyana in place 122 compared to other countries in Birth Rate. It's kind of average compared to last place Monaco with 6.85 births/1,000 population and Niger's 47.60 births/1,000 population, but it's still a lot better than Honduras' 24.66 births/1,000 population. The death rate is 7.18 deaths/1,000 population. This places Guyana in place 124, average again. What makes this death rate high is the terrible AIDS problem they have.


 * Net Migration Rate **

The net migration rate for Guyana is -12.78/1000, this means that everyone is trying to leave Guyana ASAP. This is caused by conditions government has imposed on the Guyanese people. The major destination for migrants from Guyana is North America with 78.6 per cent of Guyanese emigrants living there.


 * Infant Mortality **

Infant mortality in Guyana is 35.59 deaths/1,000 live births. This is terrible considering it places Guyana as 2nd worst place to have a baby in South America. This is caused by the poor health conditions Guyana has, mostly AIDS, although the World Health Organization promised in October 2011 to start helping them. Here is Guyana's Infant Mortality compared to the rest of south America.




 * Population Growth Rate **

Guyana's Population Growth Rate is of -0.33% per year. A negative growth rate is usually a characteristic of a very rich and educated country like Germany and Japan, it's also a characteristic of a country were the death rate is really high such as South Africa and Lebanon. So, Guyana's condition is strange but it's likely caused by the negative migration rate it has.


 * Doubling Time **

This means that Guyana has no doubling time, because it has no Growth Rate it's population will never double.


 * Life Expectancy **

Guyana's Life Expectancy at Birth is 67.39 years. In Guyana there's a big problem with AIDS because of no contraceptions. This can greatly affect life expectancy. Men's life expectancy is 63.57 years and Women's is 71.4 years. This usually happens because men don't take care of themselves, they drink, smoke, do drugs, and have sex with anyone, and the latter can be a huge mistake in Guyana.


 * Demographic Transition Model **

Guyana is a LEDC in the Demographic Transition Model. This means that they are not developed and it's sad to live there because poor people live in terrible conditions and migrate to other countries.


 * Issues **

The major issues that Guyana faces are AIDS and that their educated men and women are living the country in order to live in a more developed country like the U.S. or Canada.


 * Guyana's Flag **




 * Guyana's Map **


 * Guyana's Population Density Map **


 * Guyana's Population Pyramid **



// Completed by: Claudio Rojas //

__**// References: //**__

**Flag:** http://goo.gl/gMMmC

**Migration:** http://goo.gl/RB7S1

**WHO document:** http://goo.gl/Znky2

**Population Pyramid:** http://goo.gl/EqrI7

**CIA's World Factbook Guyana Publication:** http://goo.gl/x4KA9